"Capt. Mooron" wrote:

So I'm sailing along on Yellowknife Bay a few years ago. It's a beautiful
day and a nice steady but light breeze. We're soaking in the sun and
slogging back our favourite brew in the cockpit doing about 4.5 knots. We
weren't in a hurry and it was hot out.

Along comes a buddy of mine... one of my bosses from work in his Kayak. He's
taunting us about how he can go faster than we can. I point out that he
can't do it while drinking beer.... but he indicates the beer holder sling
around his neck.

How much beer can he carry around his neck? That's pretty lame.

But it reminds me of a discussion I had with some windsurfers a few years ago. I
like windsurfing, but sailing has certain advantages... namely that you can
carry along supplies. One of the crazier windsurfers replied, "Yeah, but who
needs to drink beer while windsurfing? To get a buzz, I just gybe in close to ht
ebeach and have one of my buddies shoot me with a tranq dart gun." That started
me thinking about a new form of biathlon...


So we all laugh! Then he says he thinks he'll pull a
doughnut around my boat. No Way! says I! No friggin' way will a tree huggin'
kayaker doughnut my boat. He says there isn't much I can do about it and
proceeds to paddle to my bow to cross. I trim in in the sails just as he's
across the bow and surge ahead! I hit him just aft of the kayak cockpit and
the back end of his kayak goes down hard.... his bow is pointing to the sky
when the kayak's buoyancy takes over and shoots him out of the water like a
friggin missile!! He lands with his bow down and flips. We were all in tears
of laughter watching him struggle to attempt an Eskimo roll. He finally
bailed and we came about and pulled him out of the water!

You made him spill his beer!


I wonder how many of your girly COLREGS I broke that time! Ha Ha Ha Ha!

Probably just one. No wait, maybe more... was it foggy?

DSK